Yangzhou City is a relatively unfamiliar city for the people of the Southern Song Dynasty south of the Yangtze River, perhaps because of the estrangement of a Yangtze River, coupled with the fact that the Jin people often come to attack, so that people in the geographical location of the psychology, for Huainan East Road and other places, always across the river to look at each other, there is a rather distant sense of estrangement, as if the opposite Zhenjiang is two different worlds.

At the end of November of Chunxi's sixteenth year, Ye Qing finally returned to Yangzhou, got on a carriage from the dock and began to go to Yangzhou City.

King Qing lifted the curtain from time to time, curious and fresh to look at the scenery on the side of the road, but when it was not far from Yangzhou, the carriage suddenly stopped, and Zhao Kai, the king of Qing, who walked off the carriage with Ye Qing, began to look slowly in the direction of Yangzhou.

What caught his eye was like the "ruins and broken walls" that had just been besieged, which made King Qing's mind suddenly blank, and he looked at the city wall in the distance that looked like it was just more than a person tall and stretched to the sides without end, as well as the vague figure of the craftsmen who were busy under the city wall, and the first reaction was, could it be that the Jin people had gone south to Yangzhou!

"Lord Ye, it can't be that the Golden Man Iron Cavalry has invaded south and entered Yangzhou City, right?" Grabbing Ye Qing, who had a yearning look on his face, King Qing asked nervously.

Ye Qing glanced back at King Qing, and with the words of King Qing, he could see that he was afraid that King Qing had lived until now, and he had never even fought, and he didn't understand the difference between the bloody and killing breath left over after the war and the busy and hot breath under the peace and relaxation.

The city wall in front of you looks as dilapidated as a "ruined wall", but what comes to you is a vibrant, busy atmosphere, not a real ruined wall that is perceived only by sight.

"The scene in front of me is nothing more than the half-finished city wall being built for the expansion of the outer city of Yangzhou, so it looks dilapidated and expected." Ye Qing looked at the blue-brown city wall in the distance with a sense of accomplishment, like a green dragon stretching to the left and right, ready to take off at any time.

The endless scene makes people even feel that the sky and the earth are getting smaller. Although it looks dilapidated now, he can already envision what a magnificent city Yangzhou will look like when this majestic city wall is completed.

"Outtown?" King Qing was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the huge gap in the city wall in the distance, and several carriages were speeding towards them.

Ye Qing's eyes were distracted by the carriages, and he continued to look at the rolling city wall, and said with some emotion: "Yes, it is the outer city, the outer city of Yangzhou City, the city wall of Yangzhou City after expansion." Therefore, after it is built, even if it is only a city in Yangzhou, it will be enough to accommodate a million people, not counting the population of other states and counties under Yangzhou. ”

King Qing was dumbfounded when he heard this, obviously completely frightened by Ye Qing's words, he could hardly imagine that if a single city could accommodate a million people, then ...... How big is this Yangzhou city?

After all, even Lin'an City, which claims to have a population of one million, is only a million population if you count the population of the surrounding states and counties under its leadership, and now Yangzhou under Ye Qing is obviously going to become the largest city worthy of the name of the Great Song Dynasty, or a huge city with a population of one million.

This is how crazy courage and self-confidence you have to have to dare to act like this, to dare to build such a huge city, not to mention that it is still in Yangzhou, a place where Jin people will come to attack at any time, to build such a large city.

Looking at King Qing's stunned appearance, Ye Qing smiled with a smug smile and said: "When Yangzhou City is really built in the future, if King Qing is bored in the mansion, he can take a carriage to tour the entire Yangzhou City, so that he can also help King Qing pass at least half of his leisure time." Of course, if King Qing wanted to know more about every part of the city, one day might not be enough. ”

"According to the king's guess, if you want to walk the streets and alleys to visit the entire Yangzhou city with a population of one million, I am afraid it will take several days." King Qing shook his head with emotion, he really couldn't imagine how big this city would be if it could accommodate a million people.

But no matter what, looking at the undulating city wall in front of him, with no end in sight, he has already begun to look forward to what kind of scene it will be like if Yangzhou City is built, and will it make people feel dizzy.

Chongguo Gong Zhao Shichun, Tong pacifying envoy Xiao Zhen, Zhizhou Liu Dexiu and others quickly got down from the carriage and waited for Ye Qing and King Qing, and under Ye Qing's inquiry, several people were talking and gushing to King Qing to introduce today's Yangzhou City, which has a large population more than at the beginning, and is a little more lively than Yangzhou at the beginning.

Everyone got into the carriage again and continued to march towards Yangzhou City, and at this time, the curtains on both sides of the Qingwang carriage were never put down again, and from time to time they could see the Qingwang in the carriage, looking left and right through the window, and the mouth made an unbelievable sigh from time to time.

From the time he approached the newly built wall, his mouth had hardly been closed, especially the impossibly wide half-finished gate, which was wide enough for him to sit in such a luxurious carriage, six or seven side by side.

After driving into the city, the smooth loess rammed road made it difficult for him to feel the great bumps when he sat in the carriage, and the rows of houses had already exceeded his expectations of thatched houses.

As he approached the original Yangzhou city wall, although the city gate was narrow, he could still feel that the lively noise inside the city gate seemed to overflow, compared with the relatively quiet and orderly atmosphere of the outer city, it was like entering another colorful world of flowers.

There are obviously a lot more pedestrians on the street than in the outer city, and the shops on both sides of the road dazzle him, and its lively scene is no less than the royal street that Lin'an City is proud of.

The foot was originally a loess rammed road, but now it has become a flat and solid road paved with bluestone, although it is only a few major avenues, especially the road leading to the Huainan East Road Office, it is a bluestone road with no end in sight.

Since entering Yangzhou City, whether it is what he sees with his eyes or what he hears with his ears, King Qing has some doubts about whether he has a delusion, and whether he is really in Yangzhou City, which will face the threat of Jin people at any time.

He really couldn't believe what he saw in front of him, since Ye Qing got off the bus outside the city and now stepped into the government office on Huainan East Road, Qingwang Zhao Kai's whole person was like a walking corpse, there were thousands of thoughts in his mind, but he couldn't sort out a clue, just followed Ye Qing silently, and Zhao Shichun accompanied him into the government office.

The entire Huainan East Road government office has also become a garden-style architectural style, compared to the garden he saw in Mingzhou, it is not much better, and even in some places, compared to the place where he was located, it seems to be far away, simple and elegant, which makes people love it suddenly.

And just when Ye Qing returned to the government office and was greeting Zhao Shichun and others, Bai Chun, who had returned to Yangzhou a day earlier than him, was taking the four-year-old Ye Wuqian with Yan Chengcheng at this moment, looking for their eldest son, the five-year-old Ye Gucheng.

"Do you know where to go?" Bai Chun coldly looked at the "meat" that fell from his body, Ye Wujian asked.

Ye Wujian tilted his head, a pair of bright eyes rolled wildly, and after thinking about it, he shook his head, indicating that he didn't know where his brother had gone.

"Do you really not know or do you not know?" Bai Chun was speechless, looking at the little guy's rolling eyes, he always felt that the little guy seemed to be fooling her and Yan Chengcheng.

"I don't know." Ye Gucheng said confidently: "No, I really don't know." ”

Obviously, the little guy didn't react at once like a tongue twister, and he didn't know, but when he did, it was obviously too late.

The tall Yan Qingcheng listened to Ye Gucheng's words, and persuaded Bai Chun with a smile on his face: "No need to ask, this has been planned for a long time, I guess it must have been sneaking away to the Chongguo Mansion again." ”

"Chongguo Mansion?" Bai Chun was stunned, it was only three months since she left Yangzhou, why did that little guy have such a good relationship with the Chongguo Mansion? Didn't you rarely go there before?

"Although the Guogong Mansion is across the street from us, if you want to go to the Guogong Mansion, you have to go around in a big circle. So, ah....... Yan Qingcheng waved his hand, took Ye Wuji's other hand, turned his head and walked towards the mansion, looked down at Ye Wuji, who was "kidnapped", and asked, "Did your eldest brother run over from the backyard?" ”

"I don't know, don't ask me, there's nothing to eat." As he spoke, his buttocks began to sit back, apparently unwilling to be held hostage by the two women and walked to the backyard.

The two girls looked at the little guy's resistance, and instantly understood what was going on, it must have been from the backyard over the wall, but who helped the two of them, the two girls still had a lot of doubts in their hearts.

"You just have to say that I will give you delicious food, and whatever you want to eat, my mother will give it to you." Bai Chun was speechless and walked forward with Yan Tingcheng pulling Ye Wuji, who was extremely resistant, while coaxing softly.

"I don't want to, I'll tell you, big brother, they won't play with me." Ye Wuji's two calves were already off the ground at the moment, and he could only resist weakly.

Yan Tingcheng and Bai Chun glanced at each other, and finally Yan Tingcheng, who was more familiar with the movements of the two little guys on weekdays, asked, "Are you going to find Zhao Ling'er again?" ”

Ye Wujian looked at Yan Tingcheng and guessed the facts, so he simply shut up and stopped talking, his head shook like a rattle, but even so, he still couldn't get rid of the fate of being held hostage by the two mothers and relatives and walking to the backyard.

When passing through the Moon Gate and walking on the water bridge, Ye Wuji's reaction to escape was even more intense, and the two girls suddenly let them know that they had found the right direction.

At this moment, the voice of Ye Gucheng talking to a girl came from the front.

"Big brother, run, auntie, they're here......." Ye Wujian instantly shouted with great righteousness, and then his little ass fell under Bai Chun's palm, and the little guy who hurt began to scream.